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Nigerian graduate are not employable, is it true?
Hi house, i just finished attendin an employability program. We're told employers say we ar not employable.they z we lack d basic skils needed 4 suces @ d work place. Although, i agre wit dis claim, am sure there are som out there wu do nt bliv. Pls,submit ur opinion. I'll b postin d stufs i learnt durin d program in subsequent coments
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That 2 me is crazy. The employers have no excuse or reason whatsoever for such claim. There must be a startin point. What abt Nigerians who studied abroad yet no job. I'm not comfortable with the thread. If u say economic hardship, that'll be fair, better still if u had said some are not employable, that might be considered.
Its as good as saying that Nig graduates are half baked just like your minister of education said -Sam Egwu. Somebody whom all his schooling was sponsored- i mean scholarship.
@bellafone1: in what way did u now agree with them. I was tempted 2 insult them.
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Nigerian graduate are not employable, is it true?
An average Nig. lacks gud communicatn skils,self-confidence & most importantly experience which culd av bn gathered either as a volunteer or intern. Nig. grd. lack d ryt core values such as integrity,accountability,diligence,e.t.c. Nig. Grad ar nt trainabu.
Yeah,4 a truth, i bliv there ar a few that does nt fal in dis category,bt i bliv a whole lot blongs here.
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Is that enuf 2 say Nig. grad are not employable? Action they say calls 4 reaction. Employers who say so dont employ the best strategy in their recruitment. The'll be the first 2 employ their family members instead of who the cap fits best. They'll even end up underpaying them or overusing them. Y then wuld one not expect those anomalies. What has happened 2 the few that u agree r employable? There's no excuse 4 failure and just lik i said "its crazy". The truth is that it seems there's no job but we wuld get there. God bless this country Nigeria
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Originally Posted by bellefone1
Hi house, i just finished attendin an employability program. We're told employers say we ar not employable.they z we lack d basic skils needed 4 suces @ d work place. Although, i agre wit dis claim, am sure there are som out there wu do nt bliv. Pls,submit ur opinion. I'll b postin d stufs i learnt durin d program in subsequent coments
If you agreed with the saying,then you are not employable and I will advise you to go back to school probably abroad so that you acn be employable.
You cant give more than what you have
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A pot can't call kettle black. The employers themselves, how competent are they compared to their foreign counterparts?
Don't forget the nigeria graduates where certified fit by their respective universities, an insult on them is an indirect insult on the institutions that produced them. Unfortunately, most of these employers are products of the same universities.
We have a problem in this country, laying blames won't solve it, taking actions will.
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Nigerian graduate are not employable, is it true?
@baumol
I've was jst sharin my opinion. That does nt mean i z u ar nt employabu. This is nt wat i claim. I tink it's beta if we fix d problem rather insultin oursef. I gues u alredy av a job. 4 d majority dat doesn't, i tink we can start wit job placement such as volunteerin & internshp afteral,KOFI ANAN started as a volunteer wit UN. Soft employability skils ar nt wat u learn in sch. regardles of whr u sch.,they ar wot learn while by ursef b4 u grad. My brother as hard d market is, there is stil job even places whr they claim ther is no vacancy. It's well
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who dare say Nigerian graduates are unemployable? Which Employer said so? i think somtin is wrong wit them. When were they employed? Most of the so called employers had third class during their skool days but now they are the ones asking for a minimum of 2.1 and d new method now is 3Bs and 2Cs.
when they were employed, did they have good communication skills, self confidence, etc. They were trained and as d day go by in the work place u build more skills.
Oh God, which employer said this. I wish i was there. I wld have told him dat Nigerians who travel out for studies are among the best.
During their skool days, did they go thru strike. Was it not a smooth educational system? Abi dem no knw say this strike follow dey build Nigerian graduates. what do they mean?
UBA just brot out their advert for Management trainee for those below 27yrs with Masters. They no dey think.
Wait mk i get work first, dem go see.
Oh Oh, i wish i cld meet dis employer. mk e no be say we dey find work na him go mak them insult tight graduates in d world. make dem time o.
NIGERIAN GRADUATES ARE THE BEST
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Originally Posted by praiseudof
who dare say Nigerian graduates are unemployable? Which Employer said so? i think somtin is wrong wit them. When were they employed? Most of the so called employers had third class during their skool days but now they are the ones asking for a minimum of 2.1 and d new method now is 3Bs and 2Cs.
when they were employed, did they have good communication skills, self confidence, etc. They were trained and as d day go by in the work place u build more skills.
Oh God, which employer said this. I wish i was there. I wld have told him dat Nigerians who travel out for studies are among the best.
During their skool days, did they go thru strike. Was it not a smooth educational system? Abi dem no knw say this strike follow dey build Nigerian graduates. what do they mean?
UBA just brot out their advert for Management trainee for those below 27yrs with Masters. They no dey think.
Love you guy,We are the best considering the atmosphere where we studied and we still came successfully.
God will sellopate thier mouth if they repaet it
Wait mk i get work first, dem go see.
Oh Oh, i wish i cld meet dis employer. mk e no be say we dey find work na him go mak them insult tight graduates in d world. make dem time o.
NIGERIAN GRADUATES ARE THE BEST
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Nigerian graduate are not employable, is it true?
Yeah,i agri wit u guys dat we ar d best considerin d conditn unda which we study. Howeva,since we ar d 1 in need of a job & not them(employers). I'll encourage us 2 self-develop ourself.in dis higly competitive job market, evry employa is tryin 2 cut down cost,evry1 of them is lukin 4 d cheapest way of getin d best guy which culd b by raisin d minimum requirements. The body dat claim d statement abov is an NGO commited 2 improvin d lives of naija grad. 2 compesante 4 dis rather dan fixin d blame lyk many of us ar doin, they embarked on a skill acquisitn program ,sponsored by US Gov& Microsoft, dat wil hep make naija grad beta. If u ar rlly interested in d program & wants 2 improv ur employability advantage, u can visit www.leapafrica.org. D program is free & wil take a whole week. Gudluck in ur endeavors.
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arrant nonsense. that excuse is too cheap and eevery Nigerian Graduat should take it personally. As graduates we have never been more insulted. whatever jobs one is employed for, one must be trained to perform, and i don't know of any Nigerian graduate who cannot catch up meet the demands of any training at all. i think we have heard these excuses before, they are all too familiar. or maybe we ask these employers what the way out should be.
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I only see the statement as a shift of blame. I know myself and I am aware of my capabilities. Whoever is saying that Nigerian graduates are unemployable or half baked is simply a foolish person. Why are they shifting the blame on us/. They failed to contribute back to the society that prepared them so that the upcoming ones would have a friendly environment that would give them the opportunity to showcase their skills. My own view is this, most of our older generation are selfish and self centered. They lack the vision and ideas to transform Nigeria. Let me ask, how many of them are computer literate? What about of internet? If I have my way, I would sue anybody that would open his/her mouth to say that Nigerian graduates are unemployable.
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I begin to wonder if some people try to make use of the upper faculty at all. Like a member said, just a bunch of kettles calling bunch of pots black. These same employers cannot stand shoulder to shoulder with their foreign counterparts. This is just a silly way of making excuses. Nigerians youths are brilliant and rugged and as such, we can fit and perform excellently well in any organisation.
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There are things we know that we know.Those things we do know, we need no one to know them on our behalf.
Every nigerian graduate has a mind;he is a free thinker by birth.Any : organization,group or person that believes she has a mind yet reason it in her mind that a nigerian graduate is not employable ----------- such a person is plaque with mental disorder.
It is not true that nigeria graduates lack good communication skills ( At least they can communicate in their first language).Our problem is that we measured ourself by western culture and standard.Tell me, how many of these so call white - men can express them selves in Igbo, yoruba , hausa etc.The best way to have dominion over any body is to force him to eat your food, speak your language, reason the way you do and follow you.
When the chinnese noticed this trend,they broke out from western culture and started taking their children their own way.Though refine yet it was in the cortex of their culture the chinnese revolution sprang out.
The truth is every nigerian from age "SIX " is employable.HOW ? He can fetch water, he can sweep the floor, he can wash plates, he can be sent to do menial jobs, if a six years old can do all these then it is simple logic that all nigerian graduates are employable on one from of Jobs to another if well trained.
Thanks
One Luv
Jibowu
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@bellafone1, I dont understand u. I one breathe, u said u agreed with this claim and in anoda, u said we are the best. Please be clear on which side u belong.
It is an insult to say Nigerian grads are not employable. Who ever said that or agrees with it is only looking for excuse to employ cheap labour, which is what employers are doing these days. Good communication skills, self-confidence etal are what u can get even from the average graduate, let alone real good ones. When most of them went to school, even with a Primary school cert, and without any experience, they got jobs. Now they want graduates to get work experience from the moon. Yea, some Nigerian graduates would luv to do volunteer work, just to get the needed experience, but how many employer (or NGOs) will give them the chance? True, some Nigerian grads (just as in the rest of the world) are not employable, but so generalize this is simply insulting.
Please they should stop insulting our collective intelligence. I know my worth, and I know so many other graduates who are very, very good. Let them tell us sometin else!
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If they say nigerian graduates are unemployable, then it means they are studid abroad or something but if they are also nigerian graduates, then they must be crazy.
What they dont understand is that most of them are just lucky, many directors cannot even communicate very well, many of them got to the position becase of their financial status, I begin to wonder, what kind of a countryis this where the rich wants to dictate everything.
I met some people online that occupy big positions in companies and whe they speak english, u will begin to bow ur head so u wont be attacked by their grammatical blunders
God will just favour us sha
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Originally Posted by bellefone1
An average Nig. lacks gud communicatn skils,self-confidence & most importantly experience which culd av bn gathered either as a volunteer or intern. Nig. grd. lack d ryt core values such as integrity,accountability,diligence,e.t.c. Nig. Grad ar nt trainabu.
Yeah,4 a truth, i bliv there ar a few that does nt fal in dis category,bt i bliv a whole lot blongs here.
@bellefone1, You attended a seminar themed Nigerian graduates are not employable, and you agree, trully i cannot agree with you more, did you actually read through your comment above and why can't you take time to write and spell correctly before posting, these are the little things that give us away, people on this forum should ensure they write well before posting, it's disgusting when people all the in name of 'this is just a forum' write appallingly and just don't bother with correcting their grammatical expressions, yes this discussion is all about Nigerian grads being employable but it all starts from the little things. As for this discussion, one big problem is the existing structure which is totally flawed. the foundation is shaky to start with, our education system is in a bad state, and as far as i'm concerned, this is about the most important aspect of an individual's growth and development, having said that Nigerians are very strong and talented and can adapt easily to whatever situation. What is still important is rebuilding our structure and creating an enabling environment to create a sound learning experience for Nigerians, without this, we will continue to struggle to move forward. My advice to all and sundry is develop yourself, find your spot and work as hard as you can to be a firstclass individual.
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Nigerian graduate are not employable, is it true?
@ hanenabs.
Tanks 4 d corectn but i tink u ar takin it personal. Typo,gramatika & woteva kind of error u found on my postin culd either b intentional or as u said by mistake. The program is tagged employability program & d one u claimed. I posted dis topic so dat we culd hep develop ourselves. If u av problem wit it,am sory,i can't hep it. I beliv dis forum was created nt just 2 provid naija people an online job comunity,but 2 also hep equip ourselves wit usefu info. Fixin d blame or makin escuses wil hep d situatn,it wil only worsen it. I bliv,no matter ao gud u ar,there is always a rum 4 improvmnt. Lik u z,i tink d bst we can do 4 oursef is knowledge acquisitn & personal sef development. Once again,tanks 4 d korectn,afteral,no dirty water can perceiv it's owm odour.
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D former CBN Governor(soludo)and others like Sam Egwu are also half baked human beings.they are all political animals that don't have human sympathy and understanding.My friends in abroad tells me dat Nigerians are smart and ahead academically.i strongly challenge those people dat believs dat nigeria graduates re half baked,2 sit down and think why does nigerian graduate performs better abroad and not at home?Soludo and co,lacks integrity and accountability which a leader should have.They nigerian leaders re also raw baked leaders when compared to their foreign counterparts. -soneyo the guru
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Originally Posted by bellefone1
@ hanenabs.
Tanks 4 d corectn but i tink u ar takin it personal. Typo,gramatika & woteva kind of error u found on my postin culd either b intentional or as u said by mistake. The program is tagged employability program & d one u claimed. I posted dis topic so dat we culd hep develop ourselves. If u av problem wit it,am sory,i can't hep it. I beliv dis forum was created nt just 2 provid naija people an online job comunity,but 2 also hep equip ourselves wit usefu info. Fixin d blame or makin escuses wil hep d situatn,it wil only worsen it. I bliv,no matter ao gud u ar,there is always a rum 4 improvmnt. Lik u z,i tink d bst we can do 4 oursef is knowledge acquisitn & personal sef development. Once again,tanks 4 d korectn,afteral,no dirty water can perceiv it's owm odour.
My Dear Bellefone, i really am not taking anything personal, i just felt since you wanted to put a very good and strong argument before us, it should come across very well projected. I relate with this discussion very well and understand the challenges facing the typical Nigerian graduate especially in terms of developing a career and fitting into the society at large. I take exception to these soo called employers labelling Nigerian grads as 'unemployable' cos they are in advantaged positions to make indelible changes to the system but nothing much seems to be happening. I will really love to read your postings about the seminar to have a better understanding as to why they hold such views about the Nigerian Graduate. anyways take kia. i look forward to reading more from you.
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Jibowu,thanks for the wonderful contribution.I was burning inside as i was going through the anger-provoking topic until i got 2 ur reply.U av spoken my mind.I just wish 2 add this;those tests administered by the so called employers are not only laughable but indicative of their lack of the so called basic skills.I attended a test where all of us regardless of our discipline were given accounting questions.Until i stood up and left the paper before my desperate colleagues joined the bandwagon.
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Good topic for discussion i must say! my opinion is that MOST Nigerian graduates are NOT employable.. i say this from the perspective of an employer who has been in business for over 10 years in Nigeria and is constantly looking for able hands.. the issues are multi-faceted, most of these so called graduates have gone through a watery education process that they can hardly write a simple business letter, let alone a business report. As an employer, i have discovered that you have to start teaching a new recruit from the scratch, they come to the table with nothing and i mean nothing.. no communication skills, no inter personal skills, no self improvement drives.. I have also argued that there is no unemployment in Nigeria, because 95% of people out of work are not employable anyway- my first question in intrviews is always - "what position have you applied for in my company?" 90% either dont know or cant remember.... how can i give you a job when you dont even know what you want?
I bet the unemployed graduates on this forum will disagree but do a critical analysis of yourself, would you empley me if i were you? if the answer is YES, then you are probably one of the few employable ones.
keep trying, your time will come
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@Joblots
Mr Joblots, do you really think that most nigerian graduates and new recruits had : nothing to offer, no communication skills, no inter personal skills and no self improvement drives ?
I disagree with your bias hypotesis.
Do you know how many Nigerian "fresh - graduates" are writing ICAN, CCNA, CCNP,OPC,NIM,MCSE,CISA, etc.So many has gotten their certifications long before they got employment.Infact, an average nigerian graduate his a class of his own.He went to school in an over crowded environment,no electricity in his classroom, he sat on the floor, and study hard to gain admission into university.At the university, he stood to listen to lectures,no accommondation,no fund for research, there is disequilibity in the academic calenda of Asuu.Yet he manages to strive when opportunity arise to travel out side her nation shore
Can you really tell the network of friends an average nigerian has base on inter personal relationship.Do you know how many young nigerian graduates are in "NAIJA HOT JOBS", Face Book,nigeriacareers.com,etc. Can you give an estimate of what NYSC has done to create interpersonal relation ship among our graduates ?Can you give a valid statistics of how many nigerian graduated that has been sacked in any structure organization based on "Inter Personal Skills" .
In your write - up,you wrote that most fresh graduates you have interviewed had " nothing to offer ". Hmm, May be your company is an unstructure one - man business that is still struggling to survive.Every organization that knows her onions will train her staffers whether he has experience or not.
I believe their is future for every Nigerian graduate,I believe tomorrow is bright and i believe as many that donot have jobs presently will soon smile with a profitable employment.
God bless all Nigerian graduates
God bless naijahot job
One luv
Jibowu
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why whould they be employable when all they employed in their org. are their friends and relatives.No wonder they cant give us the best in the banking industry.Inshort, all their friends and relatives are unemployable.I can say it "ho ha" that Nigerian graduates are among the best in the world irrespective of the institution.Lets not allow all these destroyers of Labour to destroy our dreams.Lets keep the dreams alive,One day we will get there.
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in response to Jibowu, i wont join issues with you on the structure of my business, i have made my analysis and comments based on my experience sitting on the other side of the interviewing desk. while it may be true that some are sitting ICAN, ACCA, ETC while in school, the truth still remain that this is only an insignificant portion of the job seeking graduates, i have conducted well over 200 interviews for my organisation and i have met probably less than 10% who has given me anything more than their certificates. Secondly, the discussion did not ask WHY there are unemployable graduates, thats why the introduction of ASUU, Classrooms etc to your argument is immaterial, i did mention though that the education system is totally watery, so i am not unaware of the environment that persists.
Having said that, i have read of criticisms of people giving job to their families, now this is not entirely bad in itself if the relative fits the bill and if the business model support such.It is unfortunate that this discussion is turning to WE vs THEM, from the arguments i have read above, i think the questions that people who are out of work for more than 1 yr should be asking is - what do employers want? because like it or not, the owner of the business will employ who he feels will help his business the most. I know there are good graduates there, i am lucky to have some working with me, but out of every 10 in interview, 80% just dont come anywhere near scratch.. take the thread of this discussion as an example (look at the topic and look at responses, how many of the respondents here can you employ based on the quality of their argument ?
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i also do not understand this dislike for one-man business, most businesses started as a one-man business, but they become big and well structured because of the quality of staff among other things. just as the moderator of this discussion asked if Nigerian graduates are unemployable? some businessmen are also asking if it is possible to build a structures corporation like cadbury, nestle etc in this country again, with the present quality of human resources, stifling banking system and government policies that are designed to frustrate innovations... it aint easy my brothers and sisters, even as an employer !!
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hmm...this is what I call "Food for Thought"...well, I always belive in arguing from/on bothsides of the coin. It is true on one side and not on the other. Why is it True? A lot of Nigerian Students actually go to school for all the wrong reasons and if we put all these reasons up, we would find out that they are only looking at the now(i.e. they are not futuristic @all)..For Instance, I once met some girl in a Polytechnic who said for the sake of a University Degree(BSc....)she could study anything even Yoruba...my question was Why?....
Another reason is some people actually go to school to feel amongst the educated and not the enlightened...I call them Educated Illiterates....Some go through the school without the school going through them and all...to mention, but a few..
Why is it False...I believe everyone should be given a chance/opportunity to prove themselves beyond reasonable doubt/preponderance of evidence....(i.e. apart from the oral interviews, other exercises like on the job performance for say two weeks - one month should be allowed)....
I could actually go on & on....but in all...we need the right attitude, positive mentality(Optimism) and a high level of Integrity....
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Nigerian graduate are not employable, is it true?
I tink d discusn. is getin interestin. Let me giv an instance, a whole lot of Naija grad. actualy dubbed their cv,cover letter e.t.c. The truth is there ar exceptns,aoeva, dis exceptns culd av bn weeded out durin d proces of selectn. Although,we claim d system is very watery,yet it produce more 2.1 & 1st dan d one of those days. Like i earlier said,there ar naija grad dat ar gud & absolutely employable, bt majority of d unemployed grad does nt av d basic pre-requisite 4 achievin suces on d job. May b i shld add, consultin firm in naijira ar now complainin dat naija grad. ar unteachabu. (Pls don't misquote me),wot ar may posibly b sayin is dat naija grad ar result-driven. Just as we av alot of CCNA dat can nt set up a lan ntwork, d sam way we av biz admin 1st clas grad wu can nt put up a nice biz proposal. Just as som1 asked, if u ar an hr consultant recruitin 4 an int. organizatn & u know hirin d wrong guy wil put ur job on d line, wil u tak ursef & ur unemployed friends. If ur answer is no, then may b u shld start workin on d reason why u feel u ar nt d most appropriate. Most of dis soft skils can b acquired either as an intern or a volunteer. U can get alot of organizatn wilin 2 tak u as volunteers anywhr in nig.
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It is wrong and totally unacceptable for anybody (either employer or otherwise) to say Nigerian Graduates are not employable. From my point of view, the first person that made the statement is not mentally sound. How dare you generalise by saying “Nigerian Graduates”. Are u telling me those people (Nigerians) that did their first degree abroad have all being employed? What about those businesses flourishing with Nigerian Graduates? How many job adverts do you see in Nigerian dailies asking for foreigners? Yet they say Nigerian graduates are not employable. Maybe the word that eluded these so-called employers of questionable character is “SOME”, because it is thinkable to assume that some Nigeria Graduates are unemployable, not even most. Therefore, if you are unfortunate to have met these allegedly few unemployable graduates, you should check your means of recruitment or even your organisation because “LIKE CHARGE ATTRACT”. To the few unemployable graduates, you need to do some soul searching. Please register 4 d employability programme organised by Microsoft/LEAP Africa. I am a beneficiary and I can tell you that you will not regret it, besides it is FREE. To the rest of us that are employable, the name of the game is HANG IN THERE, because our time will surely come. God Bless Nigerian Graduates.
• We must dare to think about 'unthinkable things' because when things have become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless." (WILLIAM FULBRIGHT U.S. Senate Speech March 27, 1965)
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WORDS OF MOTIVATION TO ALL JOB HUNTERS-4get what the employers are saying and improve yourself.You have to only accept constructive criticisms.Life does not give you what you merely desire,but what you strongly demand.Demand greatness today and you will see the difference.Don't ever allow your environment or what people say dictate your direction in life,but dictate your direction through your faith in God and yourself.I tell you the truth,faith in God and yourself helps in positive decision making. You are a product of creativity and hence you should be creative.As 4 me,i don't go after employers but d come 4 me.thanks and God bless.
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To me it is crazy, bull shit and giving a dog a bad name in other to hang, it for a Nigerian especially anybody who is or has been a decision maker, or is or has been in government or benefited from the ruling class to suggest that Nigerian graduates are not employable.
Come to think of it,why are the graduates in their mind not employable? Probably because they did not obtain the proper training in school because education is poorly funded.
the same old fools who say we are not employable are the cause of the mess in which Nigeria is in today.
in as much as it is true that a given percentage of Nigerian graduates are not employable, greater percentage are and trainable as well. to me Nigerian graduates would have been one of the best in the world if they were given the opportunities they deserved.
i am not perplexed or moved by such nasty comments because i know that or is vanity upon vanity and soon and very soon everybody will be rewarded according to their work.
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u are what u think ure. if u think ure unemployable, that means ure. but never let pple determine ur fate
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are the graduate really employable?, if you are opportune to b in charge of an organization and after seeing all the desire and achievement of gp in scul, what discipline would you want to employ? i understood for a long time that the major broblem of Nigerian company's owner (employers) is the employee. i also understood that when i wanted to enter into the university, i entered bcause i love my course of study but when i was graduating my orientation was no longer the love i had for my course but money. and this is how it is to almost 99% of Nigerian graduate. the lecturers who even dose not have enough time to teach students bcause the are every where looking for money has change the love and orientation of our desired discipline. until this is change i also blive that the Nigerian graduate are not employable. even the industries are aware of this, they give training to all their employees irrespective of your course of study. thank you all
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Have heard that before but passionately disagree, common if we are all employable by now foreign national should be the driver of our economy.even the foreign ones kowtow to the citizen on best applicable practice to be success on the job.Just a misplacement of priority on the part of the employers.Just my points
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About a month ago, while writing an executive MBA exam, i was amazed by the conducts of most of the candidates.Some had nothing in their heads and were engrossed in all kinds of cheating strategies and I beg to ask: was this how they obtained their 1st degrees?
These people all passed through one higher institution or the other yet what they have in them is MINIMAL if anything!
Lets be straight:WE HAVE QUALITY PRODUCTS FROM OUR SCHOOLS but how many are they?I think the culture of reading and LEARNING is fast becoming an ancient fad.
Truth be told, The persentage of quality graduates from Nigeria (in the face of all the socio-economic challenges)is not much.
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@Poster, In case of another time, try and compose yourself very well before posting anything atall on this forum or any other place. If possible, type directly to microsoft word so that all your blunders would be automatically corrected for you. You commited so many blunders in all your posts, which is not too ok for a graduate that you claim to be. Must you abbreviate? As a sound graduate, I believe competency and accuracy should be the key. One love.
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Although, d discusn is getin interestin, i'll lyk 2 let d house know dat d purpose of puttin up dis discusn is nt 2 kip fixin d blame or insult each other but rather 2 discus those soft skils they claim we lack. I bliv d super graduate who has all dis skils culd shar wit d ones who doesn't av. Let's stop blamin d employers,governmnt or any other body,after they don't read dis blog. Until u take responsibility 4 ur life,u ar nt set 4 suces,says a wise man. Whether we lyk it or nt,u can not force ursef on an employer,u av 2 positn ursef in a way dat wil make him prefer u. Afteral,som of dis skils they complain about ar nt wot u learn in sch., they wot ur society teaches u. Ther is no sch. where they teach u INTEGRITY or is there any course in d world where they teach "true value"? Please,let's stop this child play of insultin each other on dis forum, let's start helpin ourselves bcom beta evry day.
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Re: Nigerian graduate are not employable, is it true?
I once was confronted with this poser. My reaction was a bit of thinking and more of anger. In terms of thinking, I considered what graduates in this country have gone through in terms of quality of education, vis a vis, in the hands of government and ASUU, cultism, economy and some other vices unidentifiable ( both personal and lecturers commitments). I realised that all these are capable of affecting the quality being ditched out from our ivory towers. But come to think of it, it was not these graduates' faults. That was the reason for my anger. Most of the people that seem to be the employers of labour are those people who actually murdered quality, because they were there in power and here in this country when it all happened. In spite of that the graduates still studied on.
Graduating "succesfully", and into the job markets. Then his nightmares begin: First the jobs are not there. When the jobs are available, he contends with the dragon 'age' barrier , 'experience' he never got because they failed to engage him and the "added advantage" syndrome of higher qualifications.
If any employer attacks your employerbility, he might just be insulting your sensibility. Be calm and prove your worth.
Our actions at home dented our image abroad. Foreign employer though may be ok to question our employerbility but, in Capital Letters, WE ARE NOT INFERIOR. Let no man press you down. Cheers! One love!!
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Re: Nigerian graduate are not employable, is it true?
NGMomoh, sorry I will like to disagree with your view.The problem is not in orientation. Don't be too quick to generalise issue. One bad apple does not mean all is rotten. There is never a law against making money or applying for job because of money. All are guilty of that. The question is are you good in what you are applying for? Forget about whether one lecturer did not have time to teach or he was looking for money.If you feel you are not then you are not. Don't let others judge your competencies, you prove it.
They might not agree with your certificate because they doubt it, don't go without a fight to defend your worth. This is the reason for interviews :to defend and market your worth
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Re: Nigerian graduate are not employable, is it true?
Who said Nigerian graduates are not employable? I think such person should visit d hospital for mental check-up.
Give them the opportunity and see if they cannot perform. Some companies will employ school drop-outs from India, China and
Europe and place them as directors, managers etc. The same Nigerian graduates "who are not employable" will be the ones to train them. Some foreigners will come to this country with no good idea, the same Nigerian graduates "who are not employable" will help them write proposals and feasibility studies.
A friend of mine attended an interview and was told that she doesn't have experience. I asked, where can she get the experience from if not given the opportunity? Is it from her mother's kitchen?
God should help us, while we try our best.